Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Edward Young
Baltasar Gracian
Russell Baker
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Rick Warren
Richard L. Evans
All authors
Today's birthdays
1866 - Sun Yat-sen
1949 - Jack Reed
1980 - Julia Restoin Roitfeld
1978 - Alexandra Maria Lara
1963 - Damon Galgut
1946 - James F. Amos
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Businesswoman
Actor
Artist
Clergyman
Comedian
Activist
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Steve Young Quotes
Steve Young Quotes
Steve Young
American
Athlete
Born:
Oct 11
,
1961
Ball
Football
Great
Me
People
You
Football, no one wants to ram into people. It's not human nature. You have to have a lot of incentive to ram into somebody to benefit others.
Steve Young
Nature
You
People
Somebody
Human Nature
Others
Ram
Benefit
No-One
Football
Lot
Human
Wants
Incentive
If I could have my kids be great when the lights are on, whatever the moment is, to be accountable and then fix it, they're going to be fine.
Steve Young
Great
Whatever
Kids
Fine
Could
Lights
Accountable
Fix
Going
Then
If I Could
Moment
You become a leader in times of trouble. Leaders emerge when things don't go well. When everyone else starts pointing fingers, a leader takes responsibility.
Steve Young
You
Responsibility
Trouble
Leader
Become
Starts
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Emerge
Fingers
Pointing
Pointing Fingers
Takes
Leaders
Well
Go
Times
Things
I never asked to be the highest paid player in sports.
Steve Young
Sports
Never
Highest
Asked
Paid
Player
As the story about CTE got more real, it became more clear that players are playing that without a full understanding of the risks they face, and the long-term effects.
Steve Young
Risks
Face
Understanding
About
More
Clear
Long-Term
Became
Without
Got
Real
Effects
Story
Full
Players
Playing
Bye weeks are nerve‑wracking.
Steve Young
Weeks
Bye
BYU I think had a philosophy of nameless, faceless athletes for the greater good of BYU which is fine. We all did our thing and we're grateful for it.
Steve Young
Good
Grateful
Think
Our
Philosophy
I Think
Athletes
Fine
Faceless
Had
Greater
Greater Good
Did
Which
Thing
When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.
Steve Young
You
Francisco
Quarterback
Goes
San
San Francisco
Much
Radar
Play
My generation, people who played with me, they're suffering from football.
Steve Young
Me
Suffering
Generation
People
My Generation
Football
Who
Played
Scrambling, when no one's around, getting down, getting out of bounds, taking a glancing blow, those are all fine. You can do that all day long.
Steve Young
Day
You
Long
Down
Those
All Day
Out
Fine
Taking
Bounds
Around
Blow
Getting
The scary thing is I took 12 years of French, and I can barely say, 'My name is... ' And that's not because of the concussions.
Steve Young
Took
Say
I Can
Scary
Scary Thing
Name
French
Because
Years
Barely
Thing
Playing football in San Francisco was almost a transcendental experience.
Steve Young
Experience
Francisco
Football
Almost
Transcendental
San
San Francisco
Playing
There's some glory years, where if you play long enough and you've figured the game out, and physically you're still healthy enough, there are some years in there where you can really be productive. And those are fun years.
Steve Young
You
Game
Long
Healthy
Enough
Those
Out
Some
Physically
Glory
Still
Years
Where
Really
Productive
Figured
Fun
Play
I can't imagine as a rookie actually playing good football. I went through it.
Steve Young
Good
Through
Football
Rookie
Actually
Playing
Imagine
My wife hates football, and my kids don't really care.
Steve Young
Care
Wife
Kids
Hates
Football
Really
I always say football is very unnatural sport. Nobody loves to just ram into people.
Steve Young
People
Ram
Say
Unnatural
Football
Nobody
Sport
Always
Very
Just
Loves
You have to take certain truths. One truth is that to have championship success in the NFL you have to learn to deliver the ball from the pocket.
Steve Young
Success
Truth
You
Truth Is
NFL
Pocket
Take
Deliver
Learn
Ball
Truths
Certain
Championship
I loved playing Dallas.
Steve Young
Loved
Loved Playing
Dallas
Playing
In the NFL, you're always facing an obstacle.
Steve Young
You
NFL
Facing
Obstacle
Always
Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.
Steve Young
Time
Important
About
He
Leads
Over
Learned
Does
How
Quarterback
His
Moves
Whether
Team
Chains
Actually
The demands of excellent NFL quarterbacking I always said took every piece of me, emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually. It was like it just took it all, and I think that was what was so energizing about it and unreplicable.
Steve Young
Me
Every
Think
Took
I Think
NFL
About
Physically
Mentally
Spiritually
Excellent
Emotionally
Demands
Like
Piece
Said
Always
Just
Energizing
If you're playing for 10 or 15 years, you can't every week run six option plays. It can be around. It can be a part of the game, but sooner or later you've got to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the game. Now, if the game changes, and it's proven a championship can be won from the pistol spread, then I'm wrong.
Steve Young
You
Game
Every
Changes
Later
Run
Pocket
Week
Deliver
Part
Wrong
Sooner
Sooner Or Later
Around
Ball
Got
Spread
Proven
Years
Won
Option
Pistol
Six
Then
Now
Championship
Playing
Plays
So the truth is, if there's a lesson to be learned from mobile quarterbacks, it is deliver the ball from the pocket, which demands mastery of the data that is involved working in the pocket, which is, 'I know everything about everything.'
Steve Young
Truth
Truth Is
Lesson
Everything
About
Pocket
Data
Deliver
Demands
Know
Involved
Learned
Mastery
Ball
Quarterback
Mobile
Which
Working
If sports has anything to do for society, football plays a great role.
Steve Young
Great
Sports
Society
Football
Role
Anything
Plays
The truth is that in the NFL, the job is to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the job.
Steve Young
Truth
Truth Is
Job
NFL
Pocket
Deliver
Ball
I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.
Steve Young
You
Yourself
Kind
Brush
Retirement
Cliff
Always
Falling
Off
Then
Load more quotes